The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Pais finished 1,144th of 1,264 men in the Open division at Toronto 2025, in 2:09:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 24% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 11:52. A harder second half: 6:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto cost the whole field time: about 2:37 more than the average race this season, going by 933 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 5:14v median +0:46
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Block 02 11:50Running 2 6:23v median +0:59
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 6:42v median +0:50
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Block 04 16:44Running 4 7:12v median +1:20
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Block 05 13:52Running 5 7:34v median +1:21
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 6:54v median +0:55
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Block 07 14:05Running 7 6:59v median +0:56
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Block 08 27:22Running 8 7:02v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1207
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,207 men who finished.